Almost 5 years of playing Varsity Soccer
have ended this year because I am graduating. This year was my last year of
playing all the sports that I have played for about 5 years. So many emotions
were passing by. However, I personally am proud of myself to finish all the
seasons strong. Of course, I had so many problems or dramatic situations
happening during playing Soccer that sometimes, I was so stressed out. But, I
personally think that I was able to go through all those problems and end my
season by being a great leader!
When our varsity team of this year was
selected, I was a bit surprised and scared to finish the season strong. We had
too many new players and they didn’t know how to handle the ball well. Well, I
also am not a good ball controller but I had some experiences but they didn’t
have any. I could always think positively but I couldn’t this time. It was even
worse because most of the new players were playing as a defender. As a person
who has high temper and who cannot control the anger well, I was literally
shouting at everyone if they make silly mistakes. I know that I shouldn’t be
doing that but I couldn’t control myself. I really regret doing those things
now.
When we were keep on practicing soccer and
working hard, my kicks started to get better and it went very far. Since I had
many problems with my kicks last year, I was so happy and proud of myself.
However, this couldn’t continue anymore. I injured my ankle so bad that I
couldn’t kick as far anymore. I had to rest for about two weeks and keep put
ice on my ankle. It seemed to get better but it was still very painful. Until
now, I can’t straighten my ankle. The day after I got injured was a day when I
was planning to try out for APAC. However, I couldn’t do that anymore because
of my ankle! I was so annoyed that I was crying a lot. Most of people thought
or still think that I cried because it was too painful. However, that wasn’t
the reason why I cried! Well, I still could go to APAC. I think this gave me a
lot of great experience. I got to know more people and I was able to learn a
lot from this experience.
Since I was one of the starter and
important player in our team, I was always so proud of myself and I never
questioned about my skills. However, when I went to APAC, I felt different. I
wasn’t a starter and there were some players who were way better than me.
Sometimes, I couldn’t even get to play, which never happened to me for a long
time. Honestly, I felt very bad and annoyed when these kinds of things happened
to me. Well, still, I believe that I learned a lot from this experience.
Before going to APAC, I had a most
important and last tournament at Brent Subic, ISAC! Since this was my last ISAC
ever, I wanted to have a special role, which was someone who schedules call
time and warm up time and also lead stretching. I also wanted to talk to our
teammates after every single game. However, sometimes it couldn’t work that
way.
When we had our first game against Brent
Baguio, we were mostly dominating the game but we couldn’t finish strong that
we lost against them by 1:0. It was very frustrating. Everyone knows that we
deserve to win because we are better. However, we just couldn’t finish strong
and score but also keep our goal safe. When we had a talk after this game,
everyone was annoyed. I was supposed to try to let everyone to calm down and
talk but I couldn’t. I felt that I need to be a better leader.
After that game, our team started to pick
up our skills and work together to play our game. We tried not to give up even
if someone scored against us. We worked hard together and communicated a lot.
By doing this, our team could win a game against BSM. For about 4 years, maybe
more than that, our team never won against BSM because they had strong players
and they had great skills. However, our team worked really hard to score and
also defend. I think during this game, our goal keeper, Fanny never touched the
ball! I was so proud of our defenders! When this game finished, I was so happy.
I think Izzy was also happy! We gathered around together and cried. I think we
still have a picture of that! J
At the end, we finished this ISAC with
getting 3rd place. It wasn’t bad! I honestly never thought that we
actually can get 3rd place. However, we worked hard and got it! I am
so proud of our team. We all tried our best and never gave up no matter what
happened. I am so glad that I had this team to play with and I will miss this
team so much! J
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